I can increase my power through breathing.

Chapter 27 Opening the Ancestral Aperture Between the Eyebrows, Glimpsing the Gate of Heaven and Earth
The Mysterious Ice Heart Method

Zhou Qing took the manual and saw four large characters written on the cover.

He immediately opened the manual and examined its contents.

Whether the manual is real or fake, he'll know once he takes a look at it.

If it's true, it will naturally appear on the panel; if it's false, Zhou Qing will naturally let the other party know the consequences of deceiving him.

"Mastering top-tier internal skills takes time and effort. Heroes are welcome to come to the manor and gradually comprehend them."

Shen Qingyue said.

"No need for such trouble, I have my own ways of distinguishing between the real and the fake."

Zhou Qing shook his head and quickly flipped through the manual in his hand.

Seeing this, Shen Qingyue said nothing more, but simply stood quietly to the side, watching Zhou Qing flip through the manual.

Zhou Qing flipped through the pages extremely quickly, but he read each page very carefully.

Mysterious Ice Heart Method / Beginner

Before long, he finished reading the manual and saw the Profound Ice Heart Sutra appear on the panel, a satisfied smile appearing on his face.

“Miss Shen, this manual is genuine.” Zhou Qing put the manual into his pocket, cupped his hands to Shen Qingyue and said, “I have other important matters to attend to, so I will not disturb Miss Shen any longer.”

"Hero, please wait a moment." Just then, the gray-robed elder behind Shen Qingyue called out to Zhou Qing and said in a deep voice, "Hero, you have the strength to kill the Blood-Handed Butcher Li Baichuan. Your strength is not bad. I wonder if you would be interested in joining the Canghai Sect and becoming a guest elder?"

"Not interested in!"

Zhou Qing refused without hesitation.

As soon as he finished speaking, he flashed away, using his lightness skill to fly across the distance, disappearing from sight in the blink of an eye.

Watching Zhou Qing's departing figure, the gray-robed old man's face flashed with regret. He shook his head and sighed, "What a pity. This person was able to kill Blood Hand Butcher Li Baichuan. He definitely has the strength to be ranked on the Human Ranking. If he could join our sect, he would definitely become a great help."

“Master, this person does not show his true face, and he has the strength to kill a demon like Li Baichuan. He is probably not someone to be trifled with.”

Shen Qingyue frowned slightly and said softly.

“That’s true!” The gray-robed elder nodded upon hearing this and said, “This person’s identity is unknown. If he is a wanted criminal by the imperial court, then inviting him to join our sect as a guest elder would cause trouble.”

"Whoever he is, it's none of our business anymore." Shen Qingyue ended the topic and said to the servant beside her, "The Blood-Handed Butcher Li Baichuan is dead. Inform the people down the mountain that the auction will continue."

"Yes!"

The servant accepted the order and immediately went down the mountain.

the other side.

Zhou Qing opened the panel after leaving Lengyue Manor.

"Upgrade the Profound Ice Heart Technique!"

Zhou Qing silently recited in his heart.

After traveling for five days, he arrived at Cold Moon Manor. He had accumulated five Dao Source Points, which he then poured into the Profound Ice Heart Method to improve its level.

hum~~~
In an instant, images of tireless, day-and-night arduous practice of the Profound Ice Heart Technique, along with corresponding insights, flooded his mind.

[After a year of arduous cultivation, you have reached the sixth level of the Profound Ice Heart Technique. Following another six months of rigorous training, the internal energy accumulated within the technique has gradually deepened, reaching its peak. You are now beginning to open the ancestral aperture between your eyebrows, strengthening your spiritual power.]

[In the second year of arduous training, you mastered the power of freezing. In the third year, the Profound Ice Heart Technique broke through to the eighth level, achieving minor success in the power of freezing. In the fourth year, the Profound Ice Heart Technique broke through to the ninth level, achieving major success in the power of freezing.]

[After five years of arduous cultivation, the Profound Ice Heart Technique reached its ninth level of perfection, and the power of freezing reached its ultimate state.]

You vaguely see the gate between the acquired and the innate realms, but that gate is like an insurmountable chasm, untouchable. You shut yourself away, racking your brains, but ultimately you cannot find the method, nor can you glimpse its entrance.

Mystic Ice Heart Technique / Ninth Level (Characteristics: Freezing, Power of Momentum Perfected)

After five years of arduous cultivation, Zhou Qing directly mastered the Profound Ice Heart Technique to the ninth level of perfection. In his dantian, the internal energy cultivated through the Profound Ice Heart Technique condensed into nine layers of mist, occupying the central position of his dantian. The internal energy from the Golden Gang Technique and the Rejuvenation Technique was squeezed to the edge of his dantian.

He cultivated the Hundred Refinements Golden Body Technique to perfection, and his dantian expanded, so it could accommodate various different internal energies without causing conflicts.

"That is the Gate of Heaven and Earth!"

Zhou Qing's mental will was more than ten times stronger than before, and he could vaguely 'see' a portal standing between heaven and earth.

This gate is the gate between heaven and earth.

The Gate of Heaven and Earth connects two different worlds.

One is acquired, the other is innate.

Once the gate between heaven and earth is broken, one can draw upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to advance to the innate realm.

However, although Zhou Qing could see the existence of the Gate of Heaven and Earth, he could hardly touch it, let alone break it.

This gate between heaven and earth is not actually a portal standing between heaven and earth; it is actually a shackle and fetter on the physical body.

Only by breaking free from these shackles can one absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

He understood in his heart.

This step is by no means easy.

Ninety-nine percent of the world's top-tier martial artists are trapped at this step.

"How can I advance to the Innate Realm?"

Zhou Qing looked thoughtful.

Although he cultivated both his body and internal energy, reaching the peak of first-class physical refinement and internal strength, he was still completely clueless about how to advance to the Innate Realm.

It is not recorded in the Xuanbing Heart Sutra.

After all, the Xuanbing Heart Method is only a first-rate internal skill. The ancestors of Lengyue Manor had not reached the Innate Realm, so they naturally did not know how to advance to the Innate Realm.

The Innate Realm is far too distant for ordinary forces.

Even among those long-established sects, only a handful of people can reach this realm. These sects must know how to reach the Innate Realm.

As for the methods to reach the Innate Realm, these forces certainly wouldn't pass them on to outsiders. And the methods to reach the Innate Realm are probably ten or even a hundred times more precious than first-class cultivation techniques.

Those who are not core disciples of these sects, or even guest elders, cannot obtain the method to reach the innate realm.

“The Eagle Wolf Guards definitely know how to reach the Innate Realm.”

Zhou Qing pondered.

The Eagle Wolf Guard, as the military pillar of the Great Xuan Dynasty, has a profound foundation and heritage, and they must possess the secret to advancing to the Innate Realm.

First, explore how to step into the innate realm.

Then, we need to find a way to obtain the method to reach the innate level.

With that thought in mind, Zhou Qing stopped running.

Bloodhand Butcher Li Baichuan appeared at Cold Moon Manor. Although he had already been killed, the Eagle Wolf Guards, having received the news, could not pretend not to know and would definitely rush over from the city. Among the group of Jianghu travelers and wealthy merchants who had not left at the foot of the mountain, some people had some guesses about his identity.

If the Eagle Wolf Guards knew of any clues about him, even if it was just speculation without concrete evidence, they would still pursue him to confirm his identity and wouldn't let the opportunity slip by.

The Eagle Wolf Guard in the prefectural city did not have a Grandmaster of the Innate Realm in charge. The Red Wolf Commander was only a first-rate peak martial artist, and at most, he was like him, cultivating both internal and external skills.

Therefore, even if the Red Wolf Commander of Taining Prefecture came in person, Zhou Qing was not afraid. He strolled leisurely in the mountains and forests, waiting for the Eagle Wolf Guards to track him down.

(End of this chapter)